Get a dog and write about it.

Senior tip--start your life journal.

Most of my senior friends are men. And one friend who lost his wife said that combating loneliness was his biggest problem until he got a dog. He also reminded me of the old joke about how to know who loves you the most your wife or your dog. Put them both in the trunk of your car for two days, then open the trunk and see which is happiest to see you. 

I did some research on loneliness and the recommendations to combat loneliness are pretty vanilla such as, go outside and meet your neighbors, go to church, volunteer, get a hobby or join a senior group. Chances are that if you did not do any of those things pre-senior, you will not do them easily post-senior. I have recommended to many of my friends that they write their autobiography - their life story as they lived it and before they forget it all - and publish it on Amazon just for the fun of it.  Writing is cathartic and a legacy building document for future generations of your family to read your story first hand. 

I say give it a try and do not stop until you have at least 100 pages. After that the story writing will have a life or death of its own. I just finished editing one of those stories for a 75 year old friend of mine, 400 pages soon to be available on Amazon. He has already sold 25 autographed copies of the book to his friends. He told me that writing his story was the most fun he ever had, even more fun than owning his own jet. What a trip?

Everyone has a great story.